Democrats are searching for the most effective messaging strategy, as some members think they need to rein in theatrics while ...

On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress ...

The bill aims to fill a nearly $120 million funding shortfall in MaineCare — the state's Medicaid program — and to provide $2 ...

The Maine Senate dealt a mortal blow to a short-term spending plan that aimed to cover an immediate $118 million deficit in ...

Republicans in the Maine Senate are demanding reforms to the state's MaineCare program after their last-minute vote late Tuesday blocking a compromise plan to balance the state budget and maintain ...

The plan, which cleared a two-thirds majority in the Maine House, faltered amid Republican opposition in the Senate.

The band of far-right rebels supported a budget plan with a massive debt limit hike and a status-quo bill to keep the government open, two things they've long been fiercely against.

The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.

Congress faces a deadline to fund the government by the end of the day Friday. With the House passage, the bill now goes to the Senate. But the measure will require Democratic support in the ...

In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat ...